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An article appeared in the February issue of Popular Science entitled Staying Power. The focus of the article was about technological solutions to fixing the frailties of the nation's electric supply grid. The article describes how Hurricane Sandy cut off power to all of Lower Manhattan, except for much of the New York University’s campus.

In 2010 the university completed the installation of natural-gas-turbines that generate 11+ megawatts of electricity, as well as other side benefits.
The article goes on to say that the natural gas turbines powers 22 buildings, heats 37 buildings and, "helped reduce the campus's carbon footprint by more than 20%", not to mention a savings of a few $million a year over the old system.

Negotiating A Natural Gas Lease - Revisited

We will be taking a retrospective look at the pitfalls many of us failed to see before we understood the importance of networking information about natural gas leasing. This will be a multi-part series taking an in depth look at natural gas leases from the standpoint of a landowner.

This is intended to be a joint effort of not just my experiences, but also knowledge gained by you who have had good leases and bad leases. So as this series develops, please do share the pitfalls, and successes that you have encountered in your natural gas lease negotiations and operations. Simply use the Contact Link send us your insights.

Royalty Deductions Tracker

One would think that when a landman offers to pay a particular royalty that a landowner could expect to receive that percentage of royalties on the natural gas extracted.

That isn't necessarily true in the case of some companies who deduct a plethora of expenses from royalty payments. Some cases have reported deductions of over 90% of the pittance promised in a boiler-plate lease.

The Royalty Deductions Tracker has been designed to enable landowners receiving royalties to show how their drilling company is treating them.

If you are a landowner receiving royalty payments, your participation is critical to help others identify the best companies to deal with, while exposing those who are ripping their royalty owners off.NO PERSONALLY IDENTIFYABLE INFO. IS EXPOSED.

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IS GREEN ENERGY REALLY GREEN? ::: What is being foisted as green, sustainable energy, on the American public, is no less disingenuous than the 1800's huckster peddling Dr. Feelgoods Magic Elixer. There isn't a single large scale energy system that i... Read More

Pipelines: Direct and Indirect Damages ::: All landowners know that gathering and pipelines are necessary to bring natural gas to market. Many old leases allow the gas companies free reign as to when and where these lines are placed. Newer documents require some... Read More

Natural Gas Leasing - The emotional roller coaster ride ::: There are few issues that can generate greater emotional, gut-level reactions than money and one's personal property. The issues surrounding energy exploration and production embody both. What is even more... Read More

A Clarion Call To Landowners ::: When I first started the Natural Gas Forum, the mission was to help landowners network information about how to negotiate a more beneficial lease with a company who was interested in leasing land for natural gas leasing and ... Read More

Fuzzy Science or Misrepresention... You Decide ::: Having searched all over the internet for documentation regarding the claims by environmentalists that "The tests conducted by the EPA are old and inadequate" I am unable to come up with a single instance of DOCUMEN... Read More

Understand What You Are Signing ::: So... The landman has plopped down a natural gas lease agreement on the table and is offering you more money per acre than you paid for the farm itself! What to do? Start acquiring information about what it is that he/she ... Read More